Invite-only · For people in active therapy

If your therapist invited you to Pacing, here's what that means.

Pacing is a small app you'll use between sessions. It's not a self-help tool, not a chatbot, and not something you found on your own. Your therapist set it up because they want a clearer picture of how your week actually went.You log briefly each day. They see what you log. That's the whole shape of it.

See what you'll doWhat your therapist sees
If you have an invite link in your email, it's the way in. There's no other signup.
What you'll do

Once a day. About a minute and a half.

Each evening (or the next morning, whatever fits), you log how the day actually was. A few taps for emotions. A few taps for the things you're working on. Skip what doesn't apply. Nothing requires typing.

Step 1 of 3

How was today?

Tap a number for each. Zero is fine.

Anxious
Stressed
Sad
Joyful
OverwhelmedWorriedRestless
Step 2 of 3

What you're working on.

One tap each. Things you set up with your therapist.

Doomscrolling
NoUrge onlyYes
Reached out to a friend
NoUrge onlyYes
Skipped breakfast
NoUrge onlyYes
Step 3 of 3
Logged for today.
Done. See you tomorrow.
About 90 seconds. No streaks, scores, or notifications nagging you. You can miss a day. You can miss a week. Your therapist will see what you logged and what you didn't, and that's information too.
What your therapist sees

The honest list. No fine print under it.

The whole point of Pacing is that your therapist sees what you log. So we want to be exact about what that means, and what it doesn't.

They see
  • The entries you submit, the day you submit them
  • Anything you flag as urgent, right away
  • A weekly summary before your next session
  • Notes you write in the optional notes field
They don't see
  • A live feed of what you're typing
  • A notification every time you open the app
  • Anything you started writing and didn't submit
  • Other people's data, ever

You can stop using Pacing whenever you want. Ending the relationship from your side is one tap and a confirmation,with thirty days to export anything you wrote before it's deleted. Your therapist gets a notice. They can ask why. You don't owe them an answer.

Hard moments

If you need to flag something. And what Pacing isn't.

There's a way to mark an entry as urgent, so your therapist sees it before your next session. We want to be clear about what that does, and what it doesn't.

The urgent flag

It's a way to say: please see this before Thursday.

You toggle it on an entry. We confirm with you, and we surface crisis resources right there in case you need them more than you need a flag. Then your therapist gets an email and an in-app notice with your name and the time of the entry. They'll see it during their next time at the computer.

It is not a guarantee that your therapist will respond quickly, and it is not a hotline. It's a courtesy notification inside the relationship you already have with them. Your therapist isn't on call. Pacing isn't either.

If you need help right now

Please use one of these. They are staffed for exactly this.

988 Suicide & Crisis LifelineCall or text 988Crisis Text LineText HOME to 741741Emergency911Your safety planIf you have one →
Your data, in plain words

Five short ones. The long version is in the privacy policy.

  1. 01What you write belongs to you. You can export everything as a file at any time, and again on the way out.
  2. 02Your therapist can read what you submit. No one else at Pacing reads your entries, except in narrow technical or safety cases described in the privacy policy.
  3. 03We don't sell your data, share it with advertisers, or use it to train AI models. Not now, not later, not as a feature.
  4. 04Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Pacing's architecture is built to HIPAA standards. We're explicit on the clinician side about which protections are in place.
  5. 05You can delete everything. When you end the relationship, you have thirty days of read-only access to export. Then it's gone from our side, except for the audit log of access events that we are required to keep.
A few things people ask

Quick answers.

What if I miss a day?
You miss a day. There are no streaks, no penalties, no nudges to make up for it. Pacing only lets you log yesterday, not the whole week, so you can't backfill a Monday on a Friday. The gap is honest information for you and your therapist.
Why does my therapist need an app for this?
For some kinds of therapy, daily self-noticing is part of the work. The traditional version is a paper handout you'd fill out and bring to session. Pacing is the same idea, less likely to get lost, easier to do on a phone. It doesn't replace your sessions. It gives both of you something to start from when you sit down together.
Is this medical advice? A medical record?
No. Pacing is a wellness tool used inside an active therapeutic relationship. It is not a medical device, not a substitute for therapy, and not a clinical record system. Your therapist may incorporate what they see into their own clinical notes, which is between you and them.
Can I quit?
Anytime. From your account, "End relationship," confirm. You'll have thirty days to export your entries before they're deleted. You don't have to give a reason, to us or to your therapist.
Does it cost me anything?
No. Your therapist pays for Pacing. There is no version of this where the patient is billed.

If your therapist invited you, your link is in your email.

That's how you start. There's no separate signup, and Pacing isn't available without an invitation. If you can't find the email, ask your therapist to resend it.

Open my invite
Searching for "Pacing" or "withpacing.com" in your inbox usually finds it.